Possessive pronouns - Easy Learning Grammar French

What is a possessive pronoun?A possessive pronoun is one of the words mine, yours, hers, his, ours or theirs, which are used instead of a noun to show that one person or thing belongs to another, for example, Ask Carole if this pen ishers.

Here are the French possessive pronouns:

Masculine singular

Feminine singular

Masculine plural

Feminine plural

Meaning

le mien

la mienne

les miens

les miennes

mine

le tien

la tienne

les tiens

les tiennes

yours

le sien

la sienne

les siens

les siennes

hishers

le nôtre

la nôtre

les nôtres

les nôtres

ours

le vôtre

la vôtre

les vôtres

les vôtres

yours

le leur

la leur

les leurs

les leurs

theirs

Ces CD-là, ce sontles miens.

Those CDs are mine.

Heureusement que tu as tes clés. J’ai oubliéles miennes.

It’s lucky you’ve got your keys. I forgot mine.

TipIn French, possessive pronouns agree with what they describe, NOT with the person who owns that thing. For example, le sien can mean his or hers, but can only be used to replace a masculine singular noun.

The French possessive pronouns are le mien, le tien, le sien for singular subject pronouns, and le nôtre, le vôtre and le leur for plural subject pronouns. Their forms change in the feminine and the plural.

In French, the pronoun you choose has to agree with the noun it replaces, and not with the person who owns that thing.